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The Cenotaph at Victoria Falls (Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial)

The Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial, commonly known as the Cenotaph at Victoria Falls, stands just inside the entrance to the Victoria Falls World Heritage Site at Livingstone (then Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia). Erected in 1922 and dedicated 1 August 1923 by Prince Arthur of Connaught, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, it was designed by the Bulawayo architectural partnership of Frank J Scott and James Robertson and built by master stonemason John Sheriff, in red sandstone quarried at Pasipas Quarry near Bulawayo. It commemorates 78 European Northern Rhodesians who gave their lives in the Great War of 1914-1918, serving across many Imperial, South African and Rhodesian units; two further marble tablets record that 102 Askari are separately named on the Northern Rhodesia Police Memorial at Livingstone. The base is inscribed "In memory of Northern Rhodesians who gave their lives for the Empire in the Great War 1914-1918." The memorial was restored by stonemason Mark Davison and rededicated as a cenotaph on 19 November 2017.

Location: Just inside the entrance to the Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, Livingstone, Zambia

Address: Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, Livingstone, Zambia

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Photographs
The Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial (Cenotaph), Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, Livingstone, Zambia.
The Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial (Cenotaph), Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, Livingstone, Zambia.
Photo: John Dovey.
Name panels
Name plaque, one face (40 of 78 European names). Photo: John Dovey.
Name plaque, one face (40 of 78 European names). Photo: John Dovey.

Names 40

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Panel Date of Death
49701 Macaulay F C Lieutenant King Edward's Horse Great War 1914-1918 Unknown
14080 Lynch DSO MID and Bar Colmer William Donald C W D Lieutenant Colonel King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Great War 1914-1918 1916-07-01
49700 Lockwood E G Sergeant Royal Fusiliers Great War 1914-1918 Unknown
13629 Lindsay Alexander A Rifleman Northern Rhodesia Rifles Great War 1914-1918 1915-05-17
13245 Leffler Leonard John Wilfred L J W Cadet Royal Air Force Great War 1914-1918 1918-09-25
12305 Kirby Harold Gordon H G Lance Corporal 4th South African Infantry Great War 1914-1918 1916-07-19
11306 Johnson Percy Clarkson P C Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment Great War 1914-1918 1915-05-16
10714 Irvine Stannus Charles Edward S C E Lieutenant Northern Rhodesia Rifles Great War 1914-1918 1915-04-18
10677 Ingpen Edward Lucian E L Lieutenant Northern Rhodesia Police Great War 1914-1918 1916-06-10
10597 Husbands William W Captain Northern Rhodesia Police Great War 1914-1918 1918-12-24
49699 Howard F S Captain Royal Fusiliers Great War 1914-1918 Unknown
49698 Hotchkiss G Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders Great War 1914-1918 Unknown
10287 Hornsby Charles Cooper C C Captain Northern Rhodesia Police Great War 1914-1918 1917-05-12
49697 Holland MC C Captain Royal Air Force Great War 1914-1918 Unknown
9951 Hipwell MM Henry Havelock H H Lance Corporal 1st South African Infantry Great War 1914-1918 1918-10-29
9737 Hepburn George G Rifleman Northern Rhodesia Rifles Great War 1914-1918 1916-04-03
9515 Hayes MC John Carolin J C Lieutenant Coldstream Guards Great War 1914-1918 1918-11-19
9122 Handley MC Guy Frederick Beckham G F B Lieutenant Coldstream Guards Great War 1914-1918 1918-08-27
49696 Green DCM H S Lieutenant Dragoon Guards Great War 1914-1918 Unknown
8474 Gouldsbury Henry Cullen H C Captain East African Unattached List Great War 1914-1918 1916-08-27
8097 Gibbons Alfred St. Hill A S H Lieutenant Colonel The King's (Liverpool Regiment) Great War 1914-1918 1916-07-15
7148 Findlay James Reid J R Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps Great War 1914-1918 1916-06-30
6622 Eminson Robert Astley Franklin R A F Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps Great War 1914-1918 1916-07-20
49695 Duncan J K Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps Great War 1914-1918 Unknown
5659 Dick Thomas T Lance Corporal 2nd South African Infantry Great War 1914-1918 1918-03-24
5557 Dennis DSO MID and 2 Bars Michael Frederic Beauchamp M F B Lieutenant Colonel King's Own Scottish Borderers Great War 1914-1918 1918-05-19
49694 Davis H G Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment Great War 1914-1918 Unknown
4879 Daffarn Maurice M Lieutenant Northern Rhodesia Police Great War 1914-1918 1915-04-24
3588 Champion Leonard John L J Lieutenant Northern Rhodesia Police Great War 1914-1918 1918-10-04
3357 Carden CMG John J Lieutenant Colonel Wiltshire Regiment Great War 1914-1918 1915-08-10
49693 Campbell G Volunteer Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve Great War 1914-1918 Unknown
2750 Brown Colin Selwyn C S Captain Border Regiment Great War 1914-1918 1916-07-01
2694 Brooke Frank Washington F W Private 2nd South African Infantry Great War 1914-1918 1916-10-12
2677 Bromley DSO John Edouard Marsden J E M Major Royal Field Artillery Great War 1914-1918 1918-06-07
49692 Bridges W Captain Royal Army Service Corps Great War 1914-1918 Unknown
2535 Bremner Alastair Bruce A B Captain Northern Rhodesia Police Great War 1914-1918 1918-01-01
49691 Bishop B F Lieutenant Colonel East Lancashire Regiment Great War 1914-1918 Unknown
1398 Beaufort Kaloolah "monica Gertrude Alice" K Nurse South African Voluntary Aid Detachment Great War 1914-1918 1918-10-21
848 Bacon W Volunteer Northern Rhodesia Police Great War 1914-1918 1915-03-17
237 Agnew Graham G Captain Northumberland Fusiliers Great War 1914-1918 1915-09-26